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...moccasin-wearing "character" played with wise, Everygrandma affection by Mildred Natwick - and her stern working-class father, brought to dark life by the legendary Jason Robards in a role of angry middle-aged despair more often found in Eugene O'Neill plays. Addie's mother died after giving birth to her; and her father still carries the pain as well as a bitter unspoken resentment toward Addie. These keep him at tragic arm's length from any reminder of his late wife - including the Christmas trees she adored...
...have waited long enough," Kosovo's Prime Minister-in-waiting, Hashim Thaci, recently told TIME. With the province poised to unilaterally declare independence, it could be a complicated birth. The U.S., which still has some 1,500 troops in the territory, has indicated it is prepared to recognize the new country. But Serbia and Russia remain fiercely opposed. The European Union, which would be the chief backer of the new state, is divided: some countries worry that recognizing a declaration of independence without the U.N.'s imprimatur will encourage separatists elsewhere. And some Kosovo Serbs, who account for less than...
...greatest buying opportunity comes on Dec. 18, when Sotheby's auctions off what it calls "the birth certificate of freedom": the Magna Carta (above), one of 17 originals that still exist and the only one in private hands. Signed by England's King John at Runnymede in 1215 to appease his rebellious barons, the charter was revised over the years until the 1297 version became the foundation of English liberties. When Texas billionaire Ross Perot managed to buy one privately in 1984 for $1.5 million, he lent it to the National Archives so it could lie beside its democratic descendants...
...relinquishing the turban - considered the very core of a Sikh man's cultural and religious identity - community leaders have hailed Singh's win as, literally, a godsend. Sikh blogs have been pointing out that Singh was declared a winner on Guru Nanak Jayanti, the anniversary of the birth of the founder of Sikhism. And he has been honored by the Akal Takht, the highest seat of the Sikh clergy...
...salacious case has garnered worldwide attention since John Darwin walked into a central London police station on Dec. 1 and told officers, "I think I am a missing person." Darwin could recite his name, address and date of birth, but claimed he had no memory of where he had been. His wife professed astonishment at his return, telling reporters she was in "total shock." He had been declared legally dead...